Tag Archives: pseudohealth

The Greens hate fat people, too

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

I was trying to summon the willpower to really engage with and critique the Greens’ food policy, but really, I’ve said enough about our demonisation of fatties and I just lack the spoons to point out in detail how the … Continue reading →

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I am become fatpocalypse: eliminationism

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

At some point in this saga, I used the phrase “eliminationist”, and was promptly told off because the person I was arguing with never used that word. I suppose it’s a bit like how someone can’t be misogynist just because … Continue reading →

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I am become fatpocalypse: the apology

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

I’m sorry, everyone. I’ve been spreading misinformation on Twitter.  Dangerous, subversive misinformation. I started off with the radical notion that obesity isn’t a health problem.  In the same way that being red-headed or having A+ blood isn’t a health problem. … Continue reading →

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Still don’t get plain packaging

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

This is totally a minor point in a very torrid debate, but I’m going to bring it up anyway.  In a post on the government announcement to move forward on plain packaging, Idiot/Savant says: Cigarette packaging has been used as … Continue reading →

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If only people felt like they could TALK about the obesity epidemic!

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

Seriously, that’s the take-home message from this article on the Herald about how terrible it is that children are fat.  You don’t need to click through to find the balanced, definitive science on this, because what more could you possibly … Continue reading →

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Iain Lees-Galloway believes in bad science and blaming poor people

Posted on December 23, 2012 by

Iain Lees-Galloway, MP for Palmerston North, opened a Burger King store there. He’s also Labour’s Associate Health spokesperson. The reaction in our media was completely predictable:  OMG, how dare he promote ~bad foods~, that’s not ~healthy~, he’s ~promoting obesity~.  Iain … Continue reading →

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Plain packaging: the apparent arguments in favour

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

This one’s an Ideologically Impure exclusive, because I have better things to do on my weekend than run around inside other people’s circular logic as they insist on making and re-making arguments I’ve already addressed. But here, after a possibly … Continue reading →

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Plain packaging insults my intelligence, and yours, too

Posted on October 27, 2012 by

This is something of a response to Zetetic’s post, which in some part I agree with – BAT’s ads are just stupid.  And too long, especially since half your audience already know if they agree or disagree with it five seconds in. (And … Continue reading →

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TV’s magical powers magically screw up your kids

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

I can’t believe it’s not actual science!  From Stuff: It came after New Zealand research carried out by Otago University researchers, which found links between watching too much TV in childhood and developing problems later in life, including poor concentration, … Continue reading →

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This “obese” needs help to stop gut-laughing

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

I mean, seriously, people.  The Dominion Post SCREAMED today, “Obese need help to kick addiction”. Even if you buy into the idea that “food is an addiction” (yeah, just like oxygen and having a pulse) how is that even news? … Continue reading →

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